That’s the day the trouble started.
The trouble that nearly ruined my life.
The trouble that turned me Dark.
The trouble that begs me for revenge.
Celia Door enters her freshman year of high school with giant boots, dark eyeliner, and a thirst for revenge against Sandy Firestone, the girl who did something unspeakable to Celia last year.
But then Celia meets Drake, the cool new kid from New York City who entrusts her with his deepest, darkest secret. When Celia’s quest for justice threatens her relationship with Drake, she’s forced to decide which is sweeter: revenge or friendship.
This debut novel from Karen Finneyfrock establishes her as a bright, bold,
razor-sharp new voice for teens. The trouble that nearly ruined my life.
The trouble that turned me Dark.
The trouble that begs me for revenge.
Celia Door enters her freshman year of high school with giant boots, dark eyeliner, and a thirst for revenge against Sandy Firestone, the girl who did something unspeakable to Celia last year.
But then Celia meets Drake, the cool new kid from New York City who entrusts her with his deepest, darkest secret. When Celia’s quest for justice threatens her relationship with Drake, she’s forced to decide which is sweeter: revenge or friendship.
The first
day of ninth grade, I walked twenty blocks from my house to Hershey High School
in boots so thick, it looked like I grew three inches over the summer. I word a
gray shirt under a black hoodie, which was pulled down so far over my forehead,
it met my eyeliner. I swept in through the side entrance, located my locker on
the second floor, and used masking tape to hang a sign on the door. It was made
of black cardboard and letters cut out of magazines like a ransom note. I wore
a gray shirt under a black hoodie, which was pulled down so far over my
forehead, it met my eyeliner.
Karen Finneyfrock is a poet, novelist and teaching artist in
Seattle, WA. Her young adult novel, The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door, is due
from Viking Children’s Books on February 21, 2013.Her second book of poems,
Ceremony for the Choking Ghost, was released on Write Bloody press in
2010. She is a former
Writer-in-Residence at Richard Hugo House in Seattle and teaches for Seattle
Arts and Lectures’ Writers-in-the-Schools program. In 2010, Karen traveled to
Nepal as a Cultural Envoy through the US Department of State to perform and
teach poetry and in 2011, she did a reading tour in Germany sponsored by the US
Embassy.
Thank you for being part of the tour!! :)
ReplyDeleteAs always, thank YOU, Jean! Eager to have a chance to read Karen's book. We've heard nothing but RAVES! <3
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